Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-10

ious New School paper. and edited II.
In this paper he alta cked this mob
spirit, and with such vehemence that
Chas. Hammond put the whole article
into the Cincinnati Gazette.
In 1887 he became pastor Of Pres.
byterian church ut Lawrenceburg,
Ind. There was q Presbyterian church
there that would seat l5O people.
There were twenty members, one man
and the rest all women. He had then
only been married short time, and
he and Mrs. Beecher lived in two
rooms over stable aud studied econ
omy on $500 u year, of which only $50,
furnished by the American Home
Missionary Society, could be relied
upon with certainty. The balance
was supposed 10 be given by the
people OF the church. At the end Of
two years the Beec. ers went TO In
dianapolis. His salary, which had
been $500, now became $500, but they
had no more than before-rather less.
Those were years Of struggle. Many u
time Mrs. Beecher had TO sit up all
night at the parsonage and make o
shirt, wash and iron il. and then sell
IL in the morning to get money enough
TO buy dinner for the ministers who
were coming 10 dinner.
IN lSi7 Mr.. Beecher went to Brook
lyn, n. Y. John T. Howard, David
Hale and III. c. Bowen, who pur has
ed DIR. Cox's old church on Gran berry
street, and a few others formed Ply
mouth church. Upon the establish
ment Of the Independent, in New
York, he furnished the "Star Papers"
In which he avowed the very strong
est anti-slavery sentiments. From
that on, TO the end Of the war, he was,
and in fact has been ever since, q
staunch friend OF the cOlored race.
When the republican party was form
ed he linked his fortunes with it, aud,
by pen aud speech, advocated its doe.
trines up till the summer Of 1884,
when he refused TO support Blaine
and gave his allegiance TO Cleveland.
He also became free trader.
For several Years he was editor Of
the Christian Union, beginning in
1870. His weekly sermons, as taken
down by stenographers since 1859,
have been published under the title Of
"The Plymouth Pulpit" and form
about twenty volumes. He has also
published Lectures TO Young Men, I"
Industry and Idleness,n Life
Thoughts, in two editions, edited by
Edna Dean Proctor and Augusta
Moore; Sermons on Liberty and
War, ,n"The Plymouth Collection o.
HYMNS and Tunes" Norwood, -
novel, originally published
in the New York Ledger;
Sermons from Published and I'm
published Discourses," In two vol
umes; "The Life OF Christ" in two
volumes, and yale Lectures on
Preaching" In 1883 he visited Eng.
land with special view to disabuse
the public In regard to the issues OF
the civil war, and his speeches exerted
u wide influence in changing public
sentiment, which had been strongly
in favor OF the southern cOnfederscy.
These speeches were published In
England. In 1874 he was involved in
the famous scandal, which had for its
central figures himself. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Tilton. Moulton, The 'mutal friendo
and others. Both Tilton and Beechef
were represented by eminent counsel,
and after long aud sensational trial
Mr.. Beecher received a practical vindi.
cation from the charges OF immortality
brought against him. The great di,
vines last visit to England was made
some months ago, when he was the
recipient Of many attentions from no.
table people. His salary has been
$4,000 year. save 10 1874. when II
was made 500, ,00o.-MinD. Journal.